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Alessandro Sciarroni - Save the Last Dance for me / Homo Novus

Alessandro Sciarroni - Save the Last Dance for me / Homo Novus

In "Save the last dance for me", Alessandro Sciarroni works together with the dancers on the steps of a Bolognese dance called the Polka Chinata.  In 2018, the dance was practiced in Italy by only 5 people in total.  It is a physically demanding, almost acrobatic courtship dance originally performed by men only, dating back to the early 1900s.

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In "Save the last dance for me", Alessandro Sciarroni works together with the dancers on the steps of a Bolognese dance called the Polka Chinata. In 2018, the dance was practiced in Italy by only 5 people in total. It is a physically demanding, almost acrobatic courtship dance originally performed by men only, dating back to the early 1900s.